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Morocco’s counterterrorism efforts largely mitigated its risk of terrorism, although the country continued to face sporadic threats, largely from small cells, the US State Department said. The country’s comprehensive anti-terrorism strategy helped it offset the risk posed by cells inspired by or affiliated with ISIS, the 2018 US State Department County Report on Terrorism said. […]
The era of media-black out in the Polisario-run Tindouf camps is over. The internet and social media have exposed the abhorrent treatment inflicted on thousands of Sahraouis held against their will in the camps in South Western Algeria, said Morocco’s ambassador to the UN Omar Hilale. The Polisario separatists, in connivance with Algeria, turned the […]
UN Security Council commended in its latest resolution on Sahara the work of the National Human Rights Council in the southern cities of Dakhla and Laayoune. The resolution, which extends the mandate of the UN mission in Sahara by another year, welcomed “steps and initiatives taken by Morocco, the role played by the Commissions of […]
Ivanka Trump, daughter and advisor to US President Donald Trump, who is preparing a visit to Morocco in November, said the country has made strides in promoting women rights and gender equality. The kingdom of Morocco is a valued US ally that has “taken strides” under King Mohammed VI to promote gender equality, Ivanka told […]
The Bombardier factory in Morocco has been sold to US Spirit AeroSystems, along with the Canadian firm’s factories in North Ireland and a repair facility in Dallas, USA. The final agreement to sell Bombardier’s Aerostructures Business to Spirit AeroSystems Holding, Inc. was confirmed Wednesday by the Canadian group, which took a strategic decision to focus […]
The UN Security Council reiterated on Wednesday its “concern” over the Polisario’s violations of military agreements in the Sahara, and urged the separatist movement to respect the “commitments” it made in this regard to the former UN Secretary-General’s personal envoy Horst Köhler. The Security Council reaffirms, in resolution 2494 adopted on Wednesday, “the importance of […]
Resolution 2494 of the UN Security Council renewing for one year the mandate of the UN mission in the Sahara MINURSO has also reiterated the call on Algeria to contribute to the settlement of the Sahara conflict. Algeria, which arms, hosts and backs the Polisairo separatist front diplomatically has refused in the last four decades […]
As was expected, the UN Security Council extended the UN mission in the Sahara (MINURSO) for another year while lauding Morocco’s autonomy initiative to end the over four-decade dispute. Resolution 2494, adopted by a sweeping majority at the Security Council, Wednesday oct. 30, restored the tradition of extending the MINURSO by one year after an […]
Leading international tourism publication agency, Lonely Planet, advises its readers to visit Morocco in 2020 saying that the country is a gateway to Africa and a country of dizzying diversity, where the visitor will find epic mountain ranges, ancient cities, sweeping deserts – and warm hospitality. “The Kingdom of Morocco, known as the place the […]
The Cuban President has totally overlooked the Algeria-backed Polisario and its self-proclaimed Sahrawi Republic SADR, in his address before the XVIII Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement, heralding a change of position regarding the artificial Sahara conflict. In his speech, whose full text was posted on the official website of the Cuban presidency, President Miguel Mario […]